Madera Winds Quintet to perform at Wilton Library

Published 9:03 am, Thursday, January 2, 2014

WILTON — Connecticut’s own Madera Winds Quintet will perform at the Wilton Library on Sunday, Jan. 12 from 4-5 p.m.

Formed in 2012, the Madera Winds Quintet is a blend of Connecticut musicians who have performed over the last 30 years in other chamber music groups in Wilton as well as throughout Fairfield County.

Ralph Kirmser of Wilton and Janet Atherton of Norwalk are founding members of the Prevailing Winds Quintet. Rosemary Dellinger has been the bassoonist for the Connecticut Little Symphony and teaches Spanish at Cider Mill School in Wilton. Rounding out this new quintet are John Harley, who has been a member of the Norwalk Symphony since 1976 and John Vandenberg, who recently moved from the Netherlands where he was the founding member of the Bourdon Wind Quintet.

The Madera Winds will perform the woodwind quintet of Carl Nielsen. This quintet is considered by many to be the finest piece of music written for this combination of instruments. They will also perform Aires Tropicales by Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban jazz clarinetist and composer.

No charge to attend. Registration is strongly suggested. Pre-registrants should arrive by 3:50 p.m. to be guaranteed seating; wait-listed and walk-in registrants will be admitted after 3:50 p.m. if space is available. For more information, call (203) 762-3950.